Piw Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Piw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Piw (135) may also be a first name.

Piw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Piw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Piw has its highest incidence in Thailand. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piw? popularity and diffusion

Piw is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Piw are found; 79 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 54 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Piw is also the 797,647th most widespread given name on earth, borne by 135 people.

The surname Piw is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 4,709,223. In Thailand Piw is most prevalent in: Pattani Province, where 27 percent live, Sakon Nakhon Province, where 27 percent live and Bangkok, where 7 percent live. Barring Thailand it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and Taiwan, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piwe8657/
Piew8652/
Piwp8627/
Phiw8625/
Paiw8619/
Poiw862/
Puiw861/
Pfiw861/
Piww861/
Pisw861/
Piwt861/
Paiwe7580/
Poiwe757/
Phaiw753/
Phiew752/
Peiwe751/
Phiwe751/
Piswt751/
Peiwt750/
Pew673,569/
Piv67392/
Pif6781/
Pib6776/
Pjw6711/
Pyw673/
Pifowa673/
Pheiwe671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Piw
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